Wafra
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Wafra is the southernmost city in Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

. It is part of Kuwait's Fifth District
Kuwait's Fifth District
Kuwait's fifth district is the country's largest electoral district in terms of the number of voters and number of residential areas. It consists of 20 residential areas including Fahaheel, Ahmadi, Sabahiya, Rigga and the district extends down south to Wafra and Al-Zour on the border with Saudi...

 and is well known for its fertile soil and farms
Farm
A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...

. It is parallel with the Saudi
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

 border. Wafra and Abdali in the North, are the only two cities in Kuwait known for farming and the animal sector. Wafra Farms are fed by the undergroud lakes. The farms have a very original cone-shaped mud dovecotes with hundreds of birds.
People tend to visit the Wafra Market to buy fresh vegetables

Products

  • Honey
    Honey
    Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...

  • Palm trees, then grown in other cities and towns in Kuwait
  • Dates
  • Cucumbers
  • Lettuces
  • Tomatoes
  • Green Peppers
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